Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Orange Access, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Orange Access, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. The route reaches Orange Trail Access Sunset Point. It climbs 351 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 338 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orange Trail Access 40.98436, -73.93175
Nearest town Rockleigh, NJ

Directions

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Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Orange Access, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 164–338 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Orange Trail Access · 40.98436, -73.93175

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Orange Trail Access, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Orange Trail Access Sunset Point.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Orange Access, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading E.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
  8. 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
  10. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
  13. 350 ftBear right onto Alternate Route, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading N.
  16. 100 ftReach Orange Trail Access Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate Route, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  20. 350 ftBear left onto Orange/Red Link, heading S.
  21. 350 ftTurn right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading S.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
  25. 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading W.
  26. 150 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading SW.
  27. 450 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  28. 300 ftBear left onto Orange Access, heading S.
  29. 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail Access, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.

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